Abstract:In this paper, a critical mass flow rate (CMFR) has been obtained for three different steam generators (i.e. two marine-type and one commercial) at different inlet void fractions using the CFD method to study the sustainability of natural circulation (NC) due to depressurization in two-phase NC mode. Because of depressurization, the transients in the inlet void fraction have been considered as multiple steady-state inputs, and the range of safe operating mass flow rate has been obtained. The results show that … Show more
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